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by dasmoth 8y ago
Okay, this is probably generalising a little bit but if a programming task doesn’t contain at least some element of “pretty much experimenting”, shouldn’t you be looking at existing tools or libraries? (The nature of the experimentation v
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How did "things got shipped nearly every day" work in practice? A common version of this is "the automated tests are passing, therefore it's good to go". But is your project manager actually on board with this, an
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Well worth reading, but perhaps better to link to the paper: https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf
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by dasmoth 8y ago
It’s interesting that they’re calling this “The Process”. In general, I tend to associate that word with approaches that try to make decision-making more organisational (which tends to mean metrics above all). In this case, it does seem m
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by dasmoth 8y ago
A half-way house which could be interesting to explore would be to make advertising “static” again, i.e. all visitors to a given page see the same ads, or at least one of the same ad-rotation with the same probability distribution. The i
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by dasmoth 8y ago
A bunch of comments on this post give pretty good advice about what to expect, and if you're in your first commercial job it's probably worth going with the flow. However, one thing I'll add is that it's worth watching
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The fact that the duck can work (and pretty clearly it can for many folks) rather makes me question whether the co-workers are as important as some make out... Aside: I’m rather sad Stack Overflow didn’t keep their April 1st rubber duck fea
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Ask HN: What's your favourite version control system, network effects aside?
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Are you absolutely certain you’re not following fashion here? To pick your example... yeah, there are some advantages of Git over SVN, and in particular some scenarios where the “distributed” side of DVCS becomes important. On the other h
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by dasmoth 8y ago
I agree. I worry about processes like Scrum which put so much emphasis on resolving “blockers”. Being able to spend a couple of days bashing your head against something thorny is a really important part of learning practical knowledge.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Multiple small-ish buildings on a campus can be good too, especially if you can manage some green space between them. The offices-in-cities trend seems to have put an end to this kind of setup, though.
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Pavlovian conditioning is very real. I for one wouldn't want the light => rage connection to get fixed...
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Natural light is good, but the office isn't the place I crave it the most. And as other have alluded to, I'd much rather have a dingy personal cave than a bright but shared space. So #1 perk for me: enough schedule flexibility
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Oh, that poster is nice! And thanks for giving me a name for them, too.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
If the Tesla pickup makes it to market, I imagine you could build something pretty nice on the back.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
John Seymour's self sufficiency books. Haven't been able to put it all into practise, but they opened my eyes to what's possible, and provided some motivation to make the best use of the space we've got.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Having at least some flexibility regarding working hours and location seems to be a disproportionately big win for me. There are few more frustrating things than being in an office at 9am on a lovely day when I'd rather be walking&#x2
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Possibly depends what you mean by "API", but I really like the SQLite documentation with its graphical representations of the query syntax.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
https://www.hntrends.com/ has some trends. https://whoishiring.io/ is a searchable interface, although I think they scrape jobs from places other than the HN "who's hiring" now.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
For example, consider a process, like writing an expense, that is really simple. Because it's simple, it might be tempting not have a specialized person do it and instead having every person do it on the need basis. But then, if it&#x
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by dasmoth 8y ago
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Yes, I’m disappointed by this too. It seems to be motivated by thinking about HTML/JSX, rather than the DOM where that attribute really is called className. To me, one of the appealing things about the React model is that the core
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Having got used to 2560x1440, anything much less than that seems pretty cramped. I'm currently using a (now pretty old) Dell U2711, and it's... adequate. The best I've used to date is one of the more recent 27" iMacs.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
If one were being cynical and thinking that optimising for (maximum) headcount is a major driver here, one might want to avoid technologies with substantial barriers to entry, since that might clear the market of qualified people and make f
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by dasmoth 8y ago
It’s called wage compression and is seen in many fields. I agree it’s somewhat perplexing, though.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
I wonder how much longer Slack’s web client is going to remain a first class product? Clearly, it was a good way to drive adoption, but seems that at this point they want ever more control.
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by dasmoth 8y ago
The first is "House" by Tracy Kidder. Shocked I hadn’t heard of this before. Ordered!
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For me, constant politics is way more stressful than occasional “X is on fire, fix it now!” There’s a lot of variance in preferred working environments...
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Is it exhaustion that can be handled by a week’s vacation? If yes, that might be a starting point. Otherwise, if the company if completely committed, it’s probably time to look for a new job. I couldn’t handle four months...
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by dasmoth 8y ago
Agreed. Even if I’m not #1, or even #10, you’ll stand a much better chance of hiring me if you never, ever, mention the O-word in my presence. shudder

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